A10-4600M vs Core 2 Duo E6300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Power efficiencyno data3.29
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release dateJuly 2006 (18 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7660G

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E6300 640
A10-4600M 1938
+203%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo E6300 186
A10-4600M 340
+82.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo E6300 304
A10-4600M 728
+139%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

A10-4600M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6300 and A10-4600M. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6300 is a desktop processor while A10-4600M is a notebook one.


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